Live Printemps de Bourges 2002
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Live Printemps de Bourges 2002 contains four previously unreleased live tracks from Jean Michel Jarre
's performance at the Printemps de Bourges
Music Festival in Bourges
, France
on April 12, 2002, which Jean Michel Jarre
performed to 100 invited guests.
The live album features Jarre's entire 'Audio Brunch' performance in the Le Palais Jacques-Cœur in Bourges
, France
, which sees Jarre and Francis Rimbert
, mixing and improvising live, a unique and experimental set.
The album was released exclusively on Apple's online iTunes Store
as AAC files.
as "AERO" (not to be confused with "AERO" on Jean Michel Jarre's AERO
album), at the AERO Concert in the Gammel Vraa Enge Windmill Park, Aalborg
, Denmark
on September 7, 2002.
The track "Metallic Souvenir", originally written in 1969, was entitled "AOR (Bleu) 2002" at the performance, and was originally performed as "Bleu", as part of Jean Michel Jarre's Music Score for the Opera AOR, at the Opéra De Paris, Palais Gardnier, Paris, France on October 21, 1971.
The track "Body Language", originally written for Jarre's Métamorphoses album, was entitled "Metamorphoses 2002" at the performance, and originally entitled "Crazy Saturday". Despite being never released, the track has appeared on a Bang & Olufsen
commercial, and on a video installation at the Global Tekno Festival in Avignon
, France
in 2000.
The track "Paris Bourges", originally entitled "Bourges 1" at the performance, features Jarre performing live on one of the world's oldest electronic musical instruments, the Theremin
, invented by the Russian physicist, Lev Sergeivich Termen (Léon Theremin
), in 1919.
Jean Michel Jarre
Jean Michel André Jarre is a French composer, performer and music producer. He is a pioneer in the electronic, ambient and New Age genres, and known as an organiser of outdoor spectacles of his music featuring lights, laser displays, and fireworks.Jarre was raised in Lyon by his mother and...
's performance at the Printemps de Bourges
Printemps de Bourges
Le Printemps de Bourges is an annual music festival that is held in Bourges, France, during five days. It is now a major event in France and Europe....
Music Festival in Bourges
Bourges
Bourges is a city in central France on the Yèvre river. It is the capital of the department of Cher and also was the capital of the former province of Berry.-History:...
, France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
on April 12, 2002, which Jean Michel Jarre
Jean Michel Jarre
Jean Michel André Jarre is a French composer, performer and music producer. He is a pioneer in the electronic, ambient and New Age genres, and known as an organiser of outdoor spectacles of his music featuring lights, laser displays, and fireworks.Jarre was raised in Lyon by his mother and...
performed to 100 invited guests.
The live album features Jarre's entire 'Audio Brunch' performance in the Le Palais Jacques-Cœur in Bourges
Bourges
Bourges is a city in central France on the Yèvre river. It is the capital of the department of Cher and also was the capital of the former province of Berry.-History:...
, France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
, which sees Jarre and Francis Rimbert
Francis Rimbert
Francis Rimbert is a French musician and composer.- Biography :Francis Rimbert started playing classical piano when he was 5 years old. At the conservatory, he studied harmony, counterpoint, the fugue and orchestral leading...
, mixing and improvising live, a unique and experimental set.
The album was released exclusively on Apple's online iTunes Store
ITunes Store
The iTunes Store is a software-based online digital media store operated by Apple. Opening as the iTunes Music Store on April 28, 2003, with over 200,000 items to purchase, it is, as of April 2008, the number-one music vendor in the United States...
as AAC files.
Track listing
- "Alive in Bourges" – 23:35
- "Metallic Souvenir" – 6:37
- "Body Language" – 4:41
- "Paris Bourges" – 11:24
Track information
The track "Alive in Bourges", originally entitled "Bourges 2" at the performance, was later reworked and performed by Jarre and Danish Band Safri DuoSafri Duo
Safri Duo is a Danish percussion duo composed of Uffe Savery and Morten Friis . Initially classically oriented, by 1999 they were discovered by a label executive working on classical music. After being signed, a track mixing both tribal sound and modern electronica was set to be released in 2000...
as "AERO" (not to be confused with "AERO" on Jean Michel Jarre's AERO
AERO
AERO is a 2004 album of electronic music by Jean Michel Jarre. It is composed of previously-released tracks re-recorded in 5.1 surround sound plus three new tracks and a bonus live track...
album), at the AERO Concert in the Gammel Vraa Enge Windmill Park, Aalborg
Aalborg
-Transport:On the north side of the Limfjord is Nørresundby, which is connected to Aalborg by a road bridge Limfjordsbroen, an iron railway bridge Jernbanebroen over Limfjorden, as well as a motorway tunnel running under the Limfjord Limfjordstunnelen....
, Denmark
Denmark
Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...
on September 7, 2002.
The track "Metallic Souvenir", originally written in 1969, was entitled "AOR (Bleu) 2002" at the performance, and was originally performed as "Bleu", as part of Jean Michel Jarre's Music Score for the Opera AOR, at the Opéra De Paris, Palais Gardnier, Paris, France on October 21, 1971.
The track "Body Language", originally written for Jarre's Métamorphoses album, was entitled "Metamorphoses 2002" at the performance, and originally entitled "Crazy Saturday". Despite being never released, the track has appeared on a Bang & Olufsen
Bang & Olufsen
Bang & Olufsen is a Danish company that designs and manufactures audio products, television sets and telephones. It was founded in 1925 by Peter Bang and Svend Olufsen, whose first significant product was a radio that worked with alternating current, when most radios were run from batteries...
commercial, and on a video installation at the Global Tekno Festival in Avignon
Avignon
Avignon is a French commune in southeastern France in the départment of the Vaucluse bordered by the left bank of the Rhône river. Of the 94,787 inhabitants of the city on 1 January 2010, 12 000 live in the ancient town centre surrounded by its medieval ramparts.Often referred to as the...
, France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
in 2000.
The track "Paris Bourges", originally entitled "Bourges 1" at the performance, features Jarre performing live on one of the world's oldest electronic musical instruments, the Theremin
Theremin
The theremin , originally known as the aetherphone/etherophone, thereminophone or termenvox/thereminvox is an early electronic musical instrument controlled without discernible physical contact from the player. It is named after its Russian inventor, Professor Léon Theremin, who patented the device...
, invented by the Russian physicist, Lev Sergeivich Termen (Léon Theremin
Léon Theremin
Léon Theremin was a Russian and Soviet inventor. He is most famous for his invention of the theremin, one of the first electronic musical instruments. He is also the inventor of interlace, a technique of improving the picture quality of a video signal, widely used in video and television technology...
), in 1919.